Isaac v



I. V. FORD.

(No Model.)

GLASP.

Patented June 1o, 1884.

' Wv'inesses:

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC V, FORD, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO OATHARIN E E. FORD,

Y OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,060, dated June 1, 1884.

Application filed October 23, 1883. (N'o' model.)

To all whom. t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ISAAC V. FORD, a resident of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make 1o and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several iigures therein.

My invention relates to improvements. in clasps for stocking-supporters and similar articles; and it consists in attaching to the studplate a spring carrying a sliding arm adapted 2o to clasp the stocking or other fabric between the same and the stud; also, in providing stops for limiting the sliding distance ofthe arm, and in providing a link upon one end of the stud-plate, intended as improvements upon 2 5 the device shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 249,032, issued to me November l, 1881, for improvements in clasps.

The object of my invention is to provide a 3o more convenient and durable clasp.

Figure lis a perspective View of the studplate and spring attached thereto, with the sliding arm removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the sliding arm removed from the spring.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the clasp, showing the sliding arm attached to the spring. Fig. 4 is an edge elevation of a closed clasp shown in plan in Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is aplan view of a closed clasp. Fig. 6 is an edge elevation 4o showing a modified form of attaching the spring to the stud-plate. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section taken at the broken line a b in Fig. 5.

A is a plate, provided with a projecting headed stud, B, and slots or openings Z n o, for attaching suitable supports. Spring C is riveted to said plate by the rivet c, the spring being provided at one end with an opening, I), adapted to loosely receive the head of stud 5o B when the spring is pressed downward toward the plate. The spring is also provided with the depression g and the projecting lugs t t, and supports the sliding arm D. The arm is provided with guides d d, which partly encircle the spring and keep the sliding arm in 5 5 place. The lugs tt act upon the guides d d as stops to prevent the slide from sliding back too far upon the spring. The arm is also provided with the horseshoe'shaped forks j j, inclosing the opening t'. 60

To attach the clasp to any garment, the clasp is opened to the position shown in Fig.

3. The edge of the garment is then inserted between the ring 7s of the perforated end of the spring and the head of the stud B. The ring k is then pressed down over and below the head of the stud, covering the latter with the garment. The slide D is then pressed forward by the handle u until the stenp of the stud B enters fork-opening z'-, and the fabric 70 is pressed and Jrlrmly heldV between the slide and the stud. The slide is held in position against the garment bythe projection e, which may be swaged down from the slide, and which enters the depression g in the spring, which may also be formed by swaging. When the arm D is thus slid forward, the forks j j pass under the head of the button which holds the spring in place, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 7. When it is desired to release the garment from the clasp, it is only necessary to draw back the sliding arm D by means of the handle u until the spring is released from the stud, when its own rctractive force throws it up from the stud to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the garment is released.

My device is much more easily and quickly operated as thus improved than the one described and claimed in said Letters Patent No. 249,032, in which a pivoted and jointed arm 9o was employedinstead of a spring and sliding arm.

By having the bar or link m hinged upon plate A, with space l, as shown, I am able to swing the same beneath the plate and entirely 9 5 conceal the support attached thereto.

Instead of a bow-spring, (shown in Fig. 3,) any suitable spring, or such as I have shown in Fig. 6, may be employed.

By having the forks of the slide crescent or roo horseshoe shaped, 4they cling to the fabric, and the slide is not so easily displaced by strains upon the garment when the clasp is in use.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clasp, the combination, of a rigid studded plate, A, and a perforated spring, C, attached to said plate, and provided with a forked slide, D, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a clasp, the combination of plate A, stud B, rivet @,spring G, having ring k and depression g, and slide D, having projection e, guides d d, and forks j j, substantially as a'nd for the purposes set forth. 15

3. A claspspring, C, provided with ring k, and stops t t, in combination with aslide,D,pro vided with forks j j and guides d d, and studded plate A, substantially as described, and for the purposes mentioned. 2O

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of October, 1888.

ISAAC V. FORD. Witnesses:

GEO. A. Mosrrnn, JOHN T. BOOTH.- 

